Antique Silver Tea Service with Indian Floral Decoration
A four piece .900 silver tea service early 20th century, x-ray tested for.900 silver, marked 'Silver' to each of European baluster shape comprising coffee and teapots, a hinged sugar basin and a creamer, decorated in the Indian or south East Asian manner with repousse, chased and bright cut floral decoration with rococo elements silver weight 3051gr, height 9.45 in., and smaller
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
- Chasing - The method of decorating gold and silver objects using a punch and hammer so that the design appears in relief. Flat or surface chasing is done from the front giving the item definition, but not cutting into the metal.
Chasing is the opposite technique to repousse, but an object that has repousse work, may then have chasing applied to create a finished piece.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- coffee sets/services - silver items 444
- tea sets/services
